Dick Vermeil Thinks The Eagles Should Hire Jon Gruden

SAN DIEGO - OCTOBER 30: Head coach Dick Vermeil of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on from the sidelines during the game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium on October 30, 2005 in San Diego, California. The Chargers defeated the Chiefs 28-20. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Reports have suggested that Jon Gruden is interested in the Eagles head coaching job. Reports have also suggested that the Eagles aren’t interested. A former Eagles head coach thinks that’s a mistake.

“My choice would be Jon Gruden,” Dick Vermeil told 94WIP’s Anthony Gargano and Glen Macnow on Tuesday. “I just think he’s a hell of a football coach. I don’t want him to make the mistake I made, wait too long to go back.”

Vermeil coached the Eagles to a Super Bowl appearance, a loss to the Raiders in 1981.